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Silver (from page one) • According to Greek mythology, the goddess Artemis rode a silver chariot through the sky. This daughter of Zeus and twin sister of Apollo was the goddess of the hunt, forests and hills, and the moon and carried a silver bow which she used to shoot silver moonbeams to Earth. SILVER PRODUCTION

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with the remaining 7.5% copper or occasionally other metals to provide strength and durability. Silver-plated items are manufactured from another type of base metal such as copper, nickel, brass, or pewter, thin coated with a very thin layer of silver. • Silver tarnishes when it’s exposed to air because it reacts with hydrogen sulfide found there, forming a black sulfide layer. It will tarnish faster in locations high in humidity and air pollution. Chemicals found in skin lotion,

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SOCIAL SECURITY by Tom Margenau

With a Spouse, Taking Your Social Security Early Might Be Better I’m sure you’ve seen websites, or received mailers from financial planners, that entice you with come-on’s like this: “Learn the secrets to maximizing your Social Security benefits.” Or, “You may be losing tens of thousands of dollars if you don’t know this Social Security secret.” If you open the website, or attend the seminar, here is the “secret” you will learn: delay taking your Social Security benefits until age 70. And the theory is that you will live long enough to make up for the money you lose by not starting your benefits sooner. That’s probably good advice for lots of people. But there are still millions of senior citizens who, for a variety of reasons, choose to take their benefits earlier. For example, both my wife and I started our Social Security benefits at age 62. We were perfectly content doing that. We know that if we live until a ripe old age, we might end up coming out on the short end of the Social Security stick. But we don’t care. We’ve been having too much fun for the past decade spending our reduced Social Security checks. Besides the “eat, drink and be merry” types like me and my wife, there is another group of people who should seriously think about starting benefits earlier rather than later. And that is retirees who have a spouse potentially eligible for benefits on their record. Today’s questions and answers illustrate what I am talking about.

I am 66. I plan to delay starting my Social Security until I’m 70. My full retirement age benefit is $2,600. If I wait until 70, I’d get $3,432. My wife is 62. She wants to file for her Social Security now. She’s due a much smaller benefit. It would be about $787 if she files now. I say she should wait until I am 70 and she is 66 and then file on my record, because if she files for reduced benefits now, that reduction would carr y over to the spousal benefits she will eventually be due on my record. So, who is right?

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Each dish was decorated with a hand-painted yellow and brown plaid pattern. Anything you can tell me about the maker and value, if any, will be greatly appreciated.

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Leather bound book of Shakespear's works was published In 1867 in London

The spine has 7 raised bands. The title is in the second band. The rest have a gold fleurde-lis motif. It was edited by William George Clark and William Aldis Wright and published by MacMillan and Co. in London in 1867. Despite a small amount of foxing on some of the pages, the book is in ver y good condition, and there are no inscriptions. What can you tell me about my book and its histor y?

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